Alberto José Larzábal Michelena
Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Brother Juniano Alberto (Alberto José Larzábal Michelena) was born at Irún, in Gipuzkoa, on 4 February 1893, and made his perpetual vows as a Brother of the Christian Schools in 1921. He taught and directed several schools and later edited the magazine Vida y Luz in Madrid. He was killed in Madrid in 1936 together with his fellow Brother Luis Victorio (Eusebio Angulo Ayala).
Pope Benedict XVI declared him a martyr in 2011, and he was beatified at Tarragona on 13 October 2013 with his companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of sixteen De La Salle Brothers killed in Madrid in the religious persecution of 1936-1937, beatified as martyrs in 2013.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Eusebio Angulo Ayala Blessed“He was killed in Madrid in 1936 together with his fellow Brother Luis Victorio (Eusebio Angulo Ayala).” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 105 (2013), pp. 207-213 - Decree on the martyrdom of Alberto María Marco Alemán and 8 companions and Agustín María García Tribaldos and 15 companions, 19 December 2011
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), pp. 960-963 - Apostolic Letter beatifying Alberto María Marco Alemán and 8 companions and Agustín María García Tribaldos and 15 companions, 13 October 2013
- Wikidata Q69291084 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.